Los Angeles Tonight (April 6, 2013)

I know we're less than a week out from Coachella. I know everyone is running around this weekend trying to buy up all the coolers, sunscreen, liquor and glowsticks they can get their hands on. It's a beautiful day in Los Angeles though, so once you've stocked up on your goods, get your butt out and see some tunage...

Our buddies' the Tijuana Panthers (we have a Jam Van session coming from these guys next week) bring the fuzz (rock, not 5-0) to the Glass House in Pomona tonight to support The Three O'Clock.

Tijuana Panthers "Tony's Song"

Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk will be filling up the Roxy with NOLA-style booty shakin' jams that you won't want to miss.

Dumpstaphunk "Do You Want My Love"

If heady vibes are what's going to  tickle your pickle this evening, you have two great options with Big Head Todd & The Monsters at HOB Sunset and Dark Star Orchestra at The Canyon.

Dark Star Orchestra "Sugar Magnolia"

If the work week kicked your booty and you were too exhausted to catch Sammy Adams and T. Mills at the El Rey last night, you're in luck, as they have another show at the same venue tonight. Make sure to pop your collar on entry or else the frat brothers won't let you. True story.

Sammy Adams "All Night Longer"

And lastly, if you're looking for laughs, KROQ's got your covered with their annual APRIL FOOLISHNESS concert at the Gibson Amphitheatre featuring Jay Mohr, Bill Burr, Doug Benson and more

Bill Burr Standup

• Big Head Todd & The Monsters @ House of Blues


• KROQ Presents Kevin & Bean’s April Foolishness @ Gibson Amphitheatre


• Maria Del Pilar, Gaby Moreno, Travis Holcombe (KCRW) @ The Satellite


• Meltdown: A Night of Parental Comedy @ The Echo


• Dark Star Orchestra @ The Canyon


• Bootie LA w/ Mars, A Plus D, R.A.I.D., SceneSnaps @ The Echoplex


• Funky Sole @ The Echo (FREE before 10:30)


• Teenage Mountain Lion Premiere @ Bootleg Gallery


• Y Luv, Paper Pilots, We Are/She Is @ Bootleg Bar


• Shlohmo LIVE A/V SET with Jeremih, Nite Jewel @ Fonda Theatre


• Orchard Lounge, Chrome Sparks (DJ set), Vibes, Josh Brooks @ The Central SAPC


• Barrio Tiger, The Green Lady Killers, The Hitchhikers @ El Cid


• (FREE) The Devil & A Penny @ Origami Vinyl


• Ivan Neville, TEN, Perro Bravo and Quickie Mart @ Roxy Theatre


• Aaron Carter, Joel Simson, Savannah Phillips, Frederick Daniel, Nikki Flores, Petrel and Charlotte Bash @ Troubadour


• The Soul of John Black @ Molly Malone’s


• Omniflux @ NOMAD Gallery


• Planets, Brannigan’s Law, Floral Tenenbaums and Bodysnatchers @ the Smell


• Barrio Tiger, the Green Lady Killers and the Hitchhikers @ El Cid


• The Rescues, Jaymay, Kayoko and Hotel Cinema @ Hotel Café


• Sarah Ault, the Sixth Son, Antony Benedetti of Escalator Hill and Aux/Aux at Lot 1 Cafe


• Snarky Puppy and MAZ @ Mint


• Hillbilly Herald, the Complex and Taddy Porter & the Black Tibetans @ Viper Room


• Omar Akram and Mike Kindel @ House of Blues Foundation Room


• Emily Jane White, Tom Brosseau, Eliza Rickman, Lia Rose @ Pehrspace


• The Bloodhounds, Paradise, Satin Chaps @ Redwood Bar


• Shattered Fait, 13 Scars, Sidekick @ Redwood Bar


• Three O’Clock, Tijuana Panthers @ The Glass House


• Mac DeMarco @ Constellation Room


• PLaNETS, Brannigan’s Law, Floral Tenenbaums, Bodysnatchers @ The Smell


• Justin Willman : Tricked Out @ Club Nokia


• Sammy Adams and T. Mills @ El Rey Theatre


• New Blues Revolution @ HOB Voodoo Lounge


• Helen Reddy @ Catalina Bar & Grill


• Jill Sobule @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop


• Walter Trout, Space Rocket and Philosophy of Soul @ The Observatory


• Poor Mans Whiskey @ Soho Restaurant & Music Club


• Keith Sweat @ City National Grove of Anaheim

Tonight in L.A. (December 9, 2012)

Complete your weekend with some hip-hop - the smokey heat of Curren$y at Key Club amongst cumulus clouds of chronic or the educated raps of Blue Scholars and The Physics at Troubadour.  





A far cry from hip-hop is KROQ's second night of Almost Acoustic Christmas at Gibson Amphitheatre which features a stacked line-up of Jack White, FUN., The Killers, Grouplove, M83, Passion Pit, Neon Trees, Of Monsters and Men, Alex Clare, Neon Trees and Imagine Dragons.





For some electronic music consider checking out SMOG's Sunday event at Los Globos with Kemst, Hatcha, Djunya and Hogwash or try Drai's Hollywood for Dim Mak's Sunday party with Klever, Fashen and DJ Metric.  





A full list of shows is below:

• Abraham Lim, All of The Lights feat. Cameron Mitchell, Michael Weisman, Natalie Veitenheimer

• Blue Scholars, The Physics, Brothers From Another @ Troubadour

• Curren$y @ Key Club

• Blacktop Saints, Broken Machine, Violet, Satellite Class, The Resonators, Michael Grant @ The Viper Room

• Wildwood Highway & Friends @ The Mint

• Sunday Sessions curated by The Dustbowl Revival @ Del Monte Speakeasy (FREE)

• String Project LA @ WitZend

• The Toledo Show @ Harvelle’s

• Mohawk Pete @ Malibu Inn (3 PM)

• With Love: A Day in Honor of Soluz w/ Exile, Delmos Wade, Jason Blakemore, Mr. Chin, Josh One, Cocoe, April Dawn @ Detroit Bar

• Abbey Road (A Tribute to The Beatles) @ Alex’s Bar

• Dirt Dress, Mtns., No Paws, Norse Horse @ The Smell

• Don Dokken, Bullet Boys, Mili Matijevic @ Saint Rocke

• Teardrop, Judson, Fort King, Dicso Bunny, Happy Casualties @ Lot 1 Café

• Hatcha, Djunya, Hogwash, Kemst @ Los Globos

• Klever, Fashen, DJ Metric @ Drai’s Hollywood

• Pacific Air, Blondfire @ Constellation Room

• Bloc Party, Dum Dum Girls @ The Observatory

• KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas w/ Jack White, FUN., The Killers, m83, Grouplove, Of Monsters and Men, Neon Trees, Passion Pit, Imagine Dragons, Alex Clare @ Gibson Amphitheatre

• Rouge Follies @ Fonda Theatre

• Mariachi USA Christmas 2012 @ Nokia Theatre LA Live

• The Babies, Grass Widow, Wet Illustrated @ The Echo

• Sweet + Tender Hooligans, New Order Tribute by Flaamingos @ The Echoplex

• Act As If, Alexandra and the Starlight Band, Davis Fetter, Everyday Animals, JAYA, Story of the Running Wolf, Sweetwater and the Satisfaction, O-Diggy @ The Satellite

Tonight in L.A. (December 8, 2012)

Its Saturday - which means its a good excuse to party - and there are plenty of places to dance....so the following are instructions to turn it up.

1.  Play your latest mix or track from insert artist's name here.  I recommend Disco Nap by A-Trak on repeat.  That, and Higher Ground by TNGHT.  At least if you want to get amped up.

2.  Pour a shot of insert your favorite alcohol here.  

3.  Repeat steps one and two two more times in fifteen minutes.

4.  Call a cab and go to one of the following concerts:

• Zoos Zoos launch at The Central SAPC with Gaslamp Killer, Dam Funk, MORRI$ and Sun Araw

• Borgore, Schoolboy, Kennedy Jones at Fonda Theatre

• King King Club for another The Do Lab event with Blockhead, Jeremy Sole, Pumpkin and a Special Guest

• Funkagenda at Avalon

• YACHT @ The Echoplex

So lets review - that's #music #turnupjuice #repeat #cabtoconcert.

If you can't handle that much turn up juice - there are certainly other options.  BANDxCITY celebrates a year in business at Bootleg Theater with Ross Sea Party, Zak Waters, Y Luv and Jane Bang.  #bangbang

Of course no list of concert recommendations would be complete without mentioning KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas - which celebrates its first night with visits from Youngblood Hawke, Walk The Moon, AWOLNATION, Rise Against, Two Door Cinema Club, Linkin Park, Bush, Slightly Stoopid, Garbage, The Gaslight Anthem, The Lumineers at Gibson Amphitheatre.  Its pretty sold out I think - so if you need a dosage of rock from elsewhere, consider Bob Weir and Jackie Greene at The Wiltern.  

A full list of tonight's shows is below:

• Candy For Coal, Joshua Ketchmark, Absence of A Hero, Stonefeather, MAL, Relentless Nation, The Deal @ The Roxy 

• Danni Rouge, Aaron Mazarati, The Lady Crooners @ On The Rox 

• World/Inferno Friendship Society, O’Death, Bobby Joe Ebola @ Troubadour 

• Wicked Music Festival @ Key Club  

• Terminator Too: Judgment Play @ The Viper Room (Early & Late Show) 

• The Gaslamp Killer, MORRI$, Sun Araw, Dam-Funk @ The Central SAPC 

• Bonnie Bishop @ The Mint (11 PM) 

• Sister Rogers, Destani Wolf, Boss Harmony @ Del Monte Speakeasy 

• Haley Pharo, Belinda Skinner & JP Cervoni, Henry Henrietta, Valeria Ponzio, Romeo Testa @ WitZend 

• Café R & B @ Harvelle’s 

• Angel City Singers 2^nd Annual Xmas Bash w/ Ana Cristina, Lindsay Rae Spurlock, Punch The Clown L.A. @ Room 5 Lounge 

• Uncle Daddy Christmas Show w/ Two Wings, Katie Ohh, Daniel Lict, Sens Musiq @ The Hotel Café (7-9)

• Audio Absinthe w/ Jesse Woods, Ruthanne, The Walcotts, The Ragged Jubilee @ The Hotel Café (9-130) 

• Funkagenda, Norman Doray @ Avalon Hollywood 

• The Thrilling Adventure Hour Holiday Show @ Largo (730; 1030) 

• Kris Bradley @ Malibu Inn (2 PM) 

• Tom MacLear, The Screaming Lords @ Malibu Inn (8 PM) 

• Mammoth Thunderpower, Sleeping Sea King, Koresh, Bombay Snakes @ Detroit Bar 

• Honky Tonk Christmas w/ West of Texas, Damngivers, Willie Cash & The Cashiers, The Copycats @ Alex’s Bar 

• Signal Hill, The Littlest Viking, Ted Piecka, Junghaus @ Pehrspace 

• Hollywood U2 w/ Hey Hoy Lets Go (Ramones Tribute), Star 80’s @ Saint Rocke 

• The ABigails @ One Eyed Gypsy 

• H & S Burlesque Band w/ DJ Daisy O’Dell @ Harvard & Stone 

• The Brixtones, Natalie Smith, Hilary Parkin @ El Cid 

• Cobalt Cranes, Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel, Aftergloam, Brother C & Sister J @ Lot 1 Café 

• Ross Sea Party, Jane Bang, Y Luv, Zak Waters @ Bootleg Bar 

• David Bazan Band Plays Pedro the Lion’s Control @ Constellation Room 

• Sultan & Ned Shepard, Marc Romboy @ Exchange LA 

• Blockhead, Jeremy Sole, Pumpkin, Special Guest @ King King Club 

• Cosmic Gate, Cary Brothers, W & W @ Hollywood Palladium 

• Bob Weir, Jackie Greene @ The Wiltern 

• KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas w/ Youngblood Hawke, Walk The Moon, AWOLNATION, Rise Against, Two Door Cinema Club, Linkin Park, Bush, Slightly Stoopid, Garbage, The Gaslight Anthem, The Lumineers @ Gibson Amphitheatre 

• Borgore, Schoolboy, Kennedy Jones @ Fonda Theatre 

• Boyce Avenue, Tyler Hilton, Megan Nicole @ Club Nokia 

• Sex Panther, Party Favor, Digitalife @ Yost Theater 

• YACHT, Jacques Renault, David Scott Stone, Bobby Birdman @ The Echoplex 

• Funky Sole @ The Echo 

• James Supercave, Hosannas, LA Girlfriend @ The Satellite 

• Turbo Fruits, White Lung, Audacity, Big Eyes @ Los Globos 

• Owl Paws @ Origami Vinyl (FREE) 

• Dying Fetus, Cattle Decapitation, Cerebral Bore, Pryapism @ Slidebar

Tonight in L.A. (October 3, 2012) - L.A.'s Concert Options for Tonight

Whether it’s the new rocking sounds of The Black Keys, fun., Foster The People or some other band your parents haven't heard of - you can hear it all with the indie rock cover sounds of Black Crystal Wolf Kids as they launch their residency at The Viper Room.

Along with BCWK – on the Sunset Strip KROQ Locals Only throws down at On The Rox with NO, Beach Party and The New Limb.   Head east and you’ll find Father John Misty and Daniel Lanois at Bootleg Theater, Eyes Lips Eyes and the debut performance of Hobart W. Fink at The Satellite (for FREE too) and the kickoff to FILTER MAGAZINE's CULTURE COLLIDE FESTIVAL!  Over at Taix lounge - you get an intimate treat from Penguin Prison, The Chevin and School of Seven Bells.  If you're not already figuring out how you're making your way to Taix - you're either busy, don't like discovering music or sipping a bit too much weak sauce today.   Or maybe you just can't handle that energy in that little room - in which case - go really east and you can relax with Conor Oberst’s melancholy rock and Jenny Lewis at Fox Theater Pomona. 

And, last but not least, the native Chicago homie Prob Cause is spitting at Taix for Culture Collide Festival as well.  He goes on at 10:30 and his new video Flex (above) is all over MTV.  Get hip to it. 

For a full list of excuses to get off your ass and rock - see below...

• Slash, Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators, Foxy Shazam @ The Wiltern (POSTPONED)

• Justin Bieber @ Staples Center

• Conor Oberst, Jenny Lewis @ Fox Theater Pomona

• Father John Misty, Daniel Lanois, Inara George, Becky Stark, Great Northern @ Bootleg Theater

• Kimbra, The Stepkids @ Fonda Theatre

• Eyes Lips Eyes, Hobart W. Fink, Vex Ruffin, Owls @ The Satellite (FREE)

• Tashaki Miyaki, Babies on Acid, LA Witch @ The Echo

• Dub Club @ The Echoplex (FREE)

• The Nukes, Shotgun Alley, Dollface, Never Like The Movies, Crying 4 Kafka, Through The Valleys @ The Roxy

• NO, Beach Party, The New Limb @ On The Rox

• Black Crystal Wolf Kids, Monster Island, Feral Cat @ The Viper Room

• Tapioca & The Flea, Bad Weather California @ Harvard & Stone

• Chief, The Reflections, James Supercave @ Los Globos

• The Ugly Kids, The LExingtons @ Down and Out Bar

• The Sunset Drifters @ Hideout

• Inda Eaton, Go West @ Vitello’s

• Nick Lowe, Eleni Mandell @ Troubadour

• Kate Earl, The Young Romans, Neon Hymns, Tomten @ The Hotel Café

• Dan Rockett, Michael Grant, Shakti Bliss, Viking Burhiser , Joe Con @ The Mint

• Port Royal, Era, AEM, Asymmetrical Head and Bizzart @ The Virgil

• Maria Minerva, Dream Panther, Pharoahs, Father Finger @ The Central SAPC

• Lita Ford, Boy Hits Car, Cry Wolf @ Saint Rocke

• Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Anderson Hall @ Coach House

• Guttermouth, The Queers @ The Observatory

• George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Mike Eldred Trio @ House of Blues – Anaheim

• Frank Sontag @ Canyon Club

• Vision, The Vivids, Vows, Guides @ Silverlake Lounge

• Max & The Moon @ Library (at The Redbury)

• Mount Eerie, Bouquet, Ever Ending Kicks @ Eagle Rock Center for the Arts

• The Chevin, Penguin Prison (DJ Set – Live Vocals), School of Seven Bells, Panoptica Orchestra (DJ Set) @ Taix Champagne Room

• Prob Cause @ Taix (CULTURE COLLIDE) 

• Kevin Barnes (Of Montreal), Brothers of the Well, DJ Supercrass @ Taix Front Lounge

• The Withers @ Lot 1 Café

• Thavius Beck @ Low End Theory at The Airliner

• Vision, The Vivids, Vows, Guides @ Silverlake Lounge

• Garrett Warren, Alfa Juliet, Lilac @ King King Club (FREE)

• Rogelio Martinez @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

Still Obsessed: "Sweater Weather"

Still obsessed with The Neighbourhood's "Sweater Weather." Favorite indie ballad right now. Enjoy it before you hear it everywhere.



Do you like it too?

When's a rapper going to rap/sing over a sample of it? Who should that be?

Still Obsessed: "Sweater Weather"

Still obsessed with The Neighbourhood's "Sweater Weather." Favorite indie ballad right now. Enjoy it before you hear it everywhere.



Do you like it too?

When's a rapper going to rap/sing over a sample of it? Who should that be?

Exploding Soon...Tic Tic Boom!

Local indie synth rock couple comprised of Leilani Francisco and Mike Delay, but better known as Tic Tic Boom! recently released this cute video starring their pseudo-child (their dog). The two Monday night, November 21st, at The Echo with the other members (drummer and bassist) of Tic Tic Boom! to continue their recent blitz of the local scene that has seen the act perform at Saint Rocke, Harvard & Stone, USC, The Central SAPC, Space 15 Twenty, Lot 1 Cafe and more.

Those who may have missed out on those - might have heard "Just Friends" on KROQ or caught it on Friend Zone or The Real L Word, where TTB music has recently been featured. Whether you're already hip to them or not - check out the cute video, as well as a live rendition of the same. If you like what you see/hear - you can get some more of that tonight at The Echo for FREE where the band is joined by K. Flay, Lesands and resident The Chain Gang of 1974!

You can check out all things Tic Tic Boom! on their website here, where you can pick up their recently released acoustic EP "Bare." They will also be playing the SUPERGOODMUSIC SUPERDOPE series at The Viper Room for our year end Mustache & Sweater Party on Wednesday December 14th!

LMA SHORTENED, SOME TALENT NOT PLAYING - BUT ALL FREE!

I unfortunately received this message a little more than an hour ago -

Subject: Important announcement for LMA fest

Hello friends, unfortunately we are announcing that the featured talent of LMA FEST has been postponed. However, the Charity Fundraising HOLIDAY FAIR will be FREE and will still feature the CA ART VILLAGE, LOCAL BANDS/DJS & FOOD TRUCKS at the LA STATE HISTORIC PARK on Sat, Dec.4th & Sun, Dec. 5th. All tickets will be refunded. We'd like to thank everyone involved with the LMA FEST movement. We appreciate your support and love. If you have any questions feel free to contact me.

Love Music Art :)

-Jr Dominguez

While this unfortunately means that many of the headlining acts that people would've paid to see are not performing - FREE music and FAIR atmosphere at LA State Historic Park isn't so bad. Throw in the Saturday night afterparty at Standard's Purple Lounge with Hey Champ, Money Penny, Team Bayside High, Bit Funk & Hemingway and you've got a party (2 for 1 drinks from 10-11 pm too).

Fitz & The Tantrums are COMING!!!!

Oh yes, WEDNESDAY night is almost here....which means it is less than 48 hours until Fitz & The Tantrums blow at least a few hundred peoples minds at El Rey Theatre.

You're hearing their music everywhere now, as a recommendation on a Sprint commercial (I think that is the commercial "Winds of Change" was in), to your homie's girlfriends I-Pod, to KROQ, to in your head when you are dreaming. Why? Cause their music is damn infectious.

Get sick to this....

Young The Giant Record Release Show

Young The Giant, a rapidly rising band hailing from Los Angeles, stopped into The Roxy this past weekend on their tour to dose the crowd with their infectious indie rock and offer their debut record for sale before its official release. I indulged in both :D

Having never seen this outfit since they changed their name to Young The Giant (the band was formerly The Jakes until late 2009), I was excited given everything I'd heard in passing and from their tunes I'd caught online and on the radio. "My Body" clearly comes to mind - and they gave an epic raucous animated performance of that song to close out their show. KROQ listeners in their 20s were screaming the lyrics, throwing their fists in the air and having the closest thing to an indie-rock mosh pit possible ... basically a mild lack of body control - mostly due to drunken excitement.

Sameer Gadhia - Young The Giant

BUT, the rest of their material was worthy of any indie-rockers playlist and, quite frankly, in a live setting, just as good as their single. Simply put, Sameer Gadhia and his clan rocked the shit out of The Roxy. Enough to convince me to buy their debut LP (even though I imagine they would have given it to me for free had they known that I would write them this stellar review).

The album fucking rocks.

"My Body," their lead single, with its bass heavy beginning, is the second track. It is preceded by "Apartment" - which is not what led me to my above statement, but is pleasant nonetheless.

The sexy and catchy single is followed by "I Got" - which is led by a sweet and easy guitar chord progression and beautiful vocals from Sameer. The song is not aggressive, but unlike too much indie rock these days, it is not so soft that you can't dance or sway to it. It has enough to keep you interested, and as a whole, is actually a beautiful song. They also nailed it in concert.

"Cough Syrup" is track four. This ballad is driven by drums that compliment the play between the band's two non-bass guitarists. It is followed by "God Made Man" - highlighted by a slow build up in the beginning that breaks out into an emotional and inspiring chorus.

"12 Fingers" is next and then "Strings" - which showcases the group sharing vocal duties. The recorded version of the track has a slightly dreamy, ocean breeze feel to it - something I did not feel/hear at the show. "Your Side" continues the dreamy like melodic themes of 12 Fingers. Also very enjoyable. "Galands" follows and has a lot of emotion and energy - as well guitar and vocal play that might excite jamband fans.

The next cut, "St. Walker," is a departure from the mood of their previous songs. The song feels like it has more angst and tension. The rhythm is faster and the singing has more overall range. Whereas the majority of their pieces are soft to their ears, the syncopation of "St. Walker" creates a markedly different effect on me as a listener. That changed experience quickly returns to mellow mood indie rock with the slow developing "Islands," the albums second to last track.

"Islands" is probably the one track that doesn't resonate with me. It doesn't really get moving until over halfway through the song when the drums come in. And, although it build beautifully from there on, my ears are too impatient to wait two minutes for the song to get there.

The album closes with "Guns Out" - a well composed ending track that highlights all the bands great characteristics - the chemistry of the guitar players, Sameer's beautiful voice and the drummers perfectly timed switches from symbol bashing to snare clapping.

All in all - the album is a great and pleasant listen. Its not fast indie rock and it is not slow indie rock - it is not drowned in sadness indie rock and it is not happy two-steppers indie rock either. It is a nice mixture and blend of a variety of musical influences that results in a collective masterpiece despite.

While I do think the album is great - none of the recordings, with the exception of "My Body" unleash the rawness that this band possesses live. Quite honestly, these guys really need to be seen to understand their recent rise to success and why they may just be one of the most talked about bands of 2011.

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